Ivanka Trump Reportedly Urged Her Father to Apologize For That Access Hollywood Tape

In early October of 2016, a tumultuous presidential campaign faced a truly unprecedented crisis: A 2004 video leaked showing one of the candidates openly bragging about sexually assaulting women.

At the time, Donald Trump's remarks in the now-infamous Access Hollywood tape seemed like they could ruin the inexperienced politician. But on the day that the Washington Post published the videos, Trump seemed nonplussed. As the campaign staffers watched the footage together in Trump Tower, he said he would apologize to anyone who might have been offended by his words, but offered little else. His campaign team said that he would need to go further, and his daughter Ivanka Trump urged him to issue a "full-throated apology." Trump refused. Frustrated by her father's unapologetic response, Ivanka abruptly left the room on the verge of tears.

Or so the New York Times reports in a profile of the First Daughter published on Tuesday morning. Within the Trump administration, Ivanka is, arguably, the President's closest adviser. (“I’m his daughter. I’ve known him my entire life. He trusts me,” she told the Times.) However, throughout her father's campaign and now into his young presidency, the eldest Trump daughter—whose book Women Who Work was released May 1—has remained guarded and reluctant to reveal too much of herself to the media. Though there is still much to be seen about who Ivanka truly is, here are a few major takeaways from the Times profile.

Ivanka says she doesn't want Republicans to defund Planned Parenthood, but she wants the organization to change its business model.As it was reported last month, Ivanka secretly met with Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards in January to discuss how the organization could preserve federal funding while simultaneously appeasing anti-choice politicians. Ivanka's proposed solution: split Planned Parenthood into two entities, a larger branch that would provide general health care and a smaller one that would offer abortion services. Planned Parenthood shot down the proposal and said Ivanka was "naïve" for offering a plan that seemed incongruous with the organization's dedication to comprehensive family planning services. (Ivanka's response: She said that many advocacy groups are “so wedded to the headline of the issue that sometimes differing perspectives and new information, when brought to the table, are viewed as an inconvenience because it undermines the thesis.")

Ivanka is more similar to her father than it may seem.Though Donald Trump is well-known for his bombastic rhetoric and Ivanka seems more reserved, the two share a common approach to business and making sweeping promises about their goals (this is unsurprising; aside from her prominent role in the Trump Organization, Ivanka has been watching how her father conducts himself at work since was a child—and would accompany him to construction sites). Ivanka also speaks in a similar manner to her father's and frequently uses some of his choice adjectives, like "tremendous" and "unbelievable."

Ivanka's focus on gender equality was influenced by Sheryl Sandberg and Lean In.Following the success of Sandberg's best-selling book, Ivanka wanted to reinvent her own fashion brand—and image—as one synonymous with gender equality and women's empowerment rather than the privileged status the public associated her with. In late 2013 she gathered her husband, Jared Kushner, and several employees to brainstorm ways to "cultivate a new image" and seem more accessible. From this meeting her "Women Who Work" slogan was born, and Ivanka began recalibrating her personal brand to promote progressive work policies and the general idea of "business feminism."

Former employees, however, say that Ivanka herself was slow-going in adopting the message she was preaching. Former executive Marissa Kraxberger recalled how she, and others, pushed Ivanka to offer a paid maternity leave plan (According to Kraxberger, when she asked about leave in her interview, Ivanka replied, “Well, we don’t have a maternity leave policy here; I went back to work one week after having my child, so that’s just not something I’m used to.”) By the summer of 2014, Ivanka had put a two-month paid family leave in place and begun offering more flexible work hours.

Ivanka wanted to become a model to separate herself from the Trump brand.After growing up in the public eye, Ivanka wanted to make a name for herself on her own and intended to do so by becoming a model. Though she walked some European runways and appeared on a handful of magazine covers, she was never fully able to shake the Trump name. A former employee of the agency that used to represent Ivanka told the Times that she was always "associated with her dad." When her father started his own modeling agency, Ivanka was reportedly angry that Trump had entered into her realm but did not share her frustration.

From day one of her father's presidential campaign, Ivanka has been in charge of damage control.When Donald Trump announced his candidacy in May of 2015, he shocked the world when he referred to Mexican immigrants as "rapists" and "drug dealers" and offered no remorse for his offensive comments. At the time Ivanka was responsible for the development of the now-open Trump International Hotel in the old Post Office building in Washington, D.C. Following Trump's speech, two celebrity chefs withdrew from Ivanka's project. Though she has subtly hinted that she does not always approve of what her father says, she does not believe it's her role to reveal those opinions publicly.

Ivanka is not quite sure what she's doing in the White House, but she's trying to figure it out.Friends say that Ivanka is "business friendly and socially liberal," but Ivanka herself says she doesn't have a clear position on many issues and is attempting to learn more. “I do believe that in time I’ll get to the right place,” she told the Times. “In the short run I’ll have missteps, and, in some cases, I’ll take shots that I could have avoided if I had publicly said what I think.”